The Lab
Debora Threedy on her play BALTHAZAR, our final (free!) Script-In-Hand Series reading of the season on April 3
I am – or was, I’m retired now – a law professor and the genesis of this play came when I was doing research for an academic article about Portia. In the midst of this research, one day this thought popped into my head: When Portia goes to court , I don’t think it’s the first time she cross-dressed.
Read MoreAnnouncing the 2017/18 Script-In-Hand Series!
THE PRIESTHOOD by Carleton Bluford
MOUNTAIN LAW by Melissa Leilani Larson
Pieces from the THEATRE ARTISTS OF COLOR WRITING WORKSHOP
Playwright Matthew Ivan Bennett’s Sweet 17 at Rose Exposed
Plan-B Theatre has premiered 16 ten-minute plays by Matthew Ivan Bennett; the 17th premieres this Saturday as part of ROSE EXPOSED…THE SKY IS FALLING!
Read MoreAustin Archer on creating our third subscription offering: JUMP
JUMP initially unveiled itself to me as a narrative surrounding four characters. I had to figure out what that narrative was outside of the central incident of the failed skydive. And I honestly had very few ideas.
Read MoreJenifer Nii on creating our second subscription offering: THE WEIRD PLAY
It’s the first time I’ve scripted in any detailed way a vision of what I wanted the piece to look like, and to use those elements as characters with roles to play. And, I wanted to write something that invited (required, really) audience members to participate and determine what the play is about and what it means to them.
Read MoreEric Samuelsen on creating our season opener THE ICE FRONT
The result is THE ICE FRONT, a celebration of the courage it takes to pretend to be someone you’re not in order to be who you are.
Read MorePlaywright Elaine Jarvik on creating RIVER.SWAMP.CAVE.MOUNTAIN., this year’s Free Elementary School Tour
So I think I am just the right person to write a play for children that explores death and grief—because I sure wish someone had put on that play for me when I was a kid.
Read MoreRob Tennant on his play QUARTER HORSE
A world in which we have run out of oil and are forced to ride bicycles everywhere isn’t necessarily a dystopia for me. To each their own.
Read MoreMorag Shepherd on her play NOT ONE DROP
Sometimes I think it’s hard to tweeze out our own identities, especially in relation to the people that we are closest to…
Read MoreJenny Kokai on her play THE ART OF FLOATING
So some parts of this play are very true, some parts are very false, and some parts lie somewhere in between. Most of the things I won’t confess to, but here are a couple. The first is that I think everybody is still trying to figure stuff out, whether you’re 75 or 21. We think we’re supposed to get old and wise but I don’t think that ever happens.
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